Julia Haart on Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts, Her Divorce and 'Ludicrous' Legal Allegations (Exclusive)

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Julia Haart is opening up about opening up about her sex life, her divorce and the trials and tribulations she's faced since stepping away from Orthodox Judaism.

ET's Lauren Zima spoke to Haart ahead of the release of her new book, , where she spilled all the tea.«In my world, I remember reading all of these books about like, Tzedakahs, which are a righteous woman that you’re supposed to aspire to be, and I remember thinking in all of these books, other than being silent, suffering in silence, all of that kind of stuff, the other thing that bothered me is everyone was perfect.

They didn't make mistakes. From the day they were born, they were just holy beings, and they did everything right. That's not life.

Life is messy. Life is confusing and frightening and terrifying, and can be disastrous so,» Haart said of the motivation behind her inspiring memoir. «I realized that the point of this book is for people to look at my story and say, if this ignorant, uneducated, clueless woman who walked out of the 18th century into a world where nobody knew her, where she had nothing and she was a nobody, if she can do it, then I can do it.»«That's the goal of the book, to help people tell write their own story — meaning actually like, go with their gut, do what they've wanted to do for so long,» she continued. «I mean, actually I've had women come over to me at parties saying they’ve left abusive relationships because they saw the show.»But being vulnerable, both in her book and on her Netflix series, , wasn't always easy for Haart.